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TCBA Today |
Marty
Fiehl Delivers a Sad Message (February
2012) |
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Don Mahley 2011
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Gentlemen.............. I
have tried about 25 different openings to begin this letter, but none of them
seem to be working for me, so, the best way to say this is probably the
direct and to the point approach: -
I am very sad to have to tell you that Don Mahley has been diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer. There
just isn't a good way to ease into that one. I've tried. Its still very early in the process to know the specifics,
the details, and the outcomes............but the one thing we DO know is that
our friend and fellow TCBA family member is going to be with us for less
time than we wanted. There
are no written in stone timeframes on this, and most of us have some
reference with Stu McCorkindale's experience, but
everyone is different. Fortunately
Don will have the best of care, from the doctors to his wife Julianna,
and it doesn't hurt that he's a stubborn sunuvabitch
that won't take a fight laying down! :-) (Brooklyn
will attest to that after locking horns with Don in last years
Rookie Draft for Strasburg and everyone else dropped out 100 thousand dollars
earlier, leaving just the two of them in a mano y mano grudge match to 185
k! Don didn't blink then, and I'm not figuring him to fold early in this
challenge either!) As
for the GOOD news...................and speaking of the Rookie
Draft.................although Don will not be in attendance at Grantville
this year, he WILL be planning to be on the phone for the Rookie and Free
Agent draft, assuming his health at the time allows it, so we'll look forward
to hearing from him then. Although
Don is currently in the hospital and unavailable for phone
contact.........he's still reachable by email. The TCBA has always been an
amazing source of support in times like these; it’s always good to know that
this organization that Jim L. founded is about a lot more than just baseball. Sincerely, Marty |
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